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No. 260,479. Patented July 4; 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD P. HAND, 0F NEWARILTNEW JERSEY.

WRENCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 260,479, dated July 4,1882.

' Application filed February 27, 1882. (No model.) 7

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD P. HAND, of Newark, in the county of Essexand State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement inWrenches, of which the following is a specification.

My'invention relates to an improvement irf combination-wrenches whereinthe adjustingjaw is held at a given point by an eccentriclever andpinchers are connected and operated by the same, and wherein the partsare detach able, to be used, when desired, separately for otherpurposes, as for a hammer and tack-lifter and it consists in the devicessubstantially as hereinafter set forth.

Figure lis a side elevation. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of thesame. Fig. 3 shows a side elevation with the combination of pinchers.Figs. 4 and 5 are detailed views.

In my construction A is a jaw secured to the bar or handle B. (l is asliding case, in which said bar is adjusted, and D is'the part of saidcase forming the counter-jaw.

E is a lever, having a double eccentric-head, F, lyingin a recess, G, inthe case. These eccentrics S and It are arranged one on each side of theaxis of action and at an oblique angle from a transverse line, T, acrossthe end F, one forward and the other back of said line, so that when thelever is pressed close down toward the bar B the eccentric S will pressagainst the bar and the eccentric It against the inside of the recess Gand hold the jaws at any desired pointrelatively, and it will be seenthat when the lever is raised the pressure on the bar will cease, and itmay be moved along in the case or taken out, at pleasure 5 or theeccentric-head may become more ett'ective by having teeth I? in thelower'edge of it, with correspon din gteeth on the top edge of the bar.

This makes a very strong and easily-adjusteh wrench.

In addition to the use of this eccentric lever for the purposes of awrench, Iprepare the handle end H of the barB with a division and jointa loose section, I, to the fixed portion of the bar to form pinchers. Imay then remove the case and lever from the bar and reverse the order,sliding it again on the bar with the lever end toward the jaw B. Thenthe eccentric-head F, when the lever is pressed down,.

will bind and hold the pinchers firmly together. (See Fig 3.)

The end L of the lever is fitted with a tacklifter claw, M, so that atany time, if desired, by removing the bar the lever may be slipped outof the case and be used as a tack-litter.

The jaw A and bar B are arranged as a hammer, having the head W and clawO, and yet it is not affected for use as a wrench.

I claim- 1. The combination ofthe bar B, having the jaw A and pinchersI, the reversible case (3, provided with thejaw D, and the lever E,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination-wrench embracing the reversible case 0, having thejaw D and recess G, adapted to be used in combination with the pincherspart I on the end of the handle or bar B, the lever E, having the doubleeccentric head F, operating in the recess G, and adapted, in combinationwith the jaws D and A, to operate as a wrench, and provided with theclaw M, adapting it to be used as a tacklifter, all substantially asspecified.

EDWARD 1?. HAND.

Witnesses HORACE HARRIS, Mosns KINsEY.

